The Scotiabank Giller Prize and Audible Announce Exclusive Audiobook Sponsorship September 13, 2017 Elana Rabinovitch, Executive Director of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, is pleased to announce that Audible, the world's largest seller [...]
Jack Rabinovitch, Founder of The Giller Prize August 6, 2017 It is with enormous sadness that the family of Jack Rabinovitch announces his death on August 6, 2017, at Sunnybrook Hospital as [...]
Celebrating Bonnie Burnard's Life and Work March 7, 2017 Photo: Writer Bonnie Burnard accepts the Giller Prize at the Four Seasons hotel in Toronto Wednesday, November 3, 1999. Burnard’s book, A [...]
Remembering Richard B. Wright, a Craftsman of Canadian Literature February 10, 2017 We mourn the loss of author and dear friend Richard B. Wright, who passed away at age 79 on February [...]
The 2017 jury members are: Canadian writers André Alexis, Anita Rau Badami (Jury Chair) and Lynn Coady, along with British author Richard Beard and American writer and playwright Nathan Englander.
As of the 2017 cycle of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, we have implemented some changes that will affect how you make submissions to the prize. These amendments seek to reconcile the abundance of fine Canadian literature with the very real constraints of the limited time frame the jury has at its disposal to complete the reading
If you can fit it into a tweet, we welcome you to share your congratulations and questions with Madeleine Thien, author of the Giller Prize-winning Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Alfred A. Knopf Canada). The Twitter chat will take place on November 10 at 2 p.m.
Madeleine Thien has been named the winner of the $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel, Do Not Say We Have Nothing, published by Alfred A. Knopf Canada. The announcement was made at a black-tie dinner and award ceremony hosted by Steve Patterson, attended by nearly 500 members of the publishing, media and arts communities.
This year's awards ceremony in Toronto, hosted by Steve Patterson, will take place on Monday, November 7, 2016. You can watch the gala streamed live online at CBC Books , via the CBC Books Facebook page, or on CBC Television
Today, at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, more than 100 media and members of the publishing industry gathered for the unveiling of the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist.